In this image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a statue of Hafez Assad, father of Syrian President Bashar Assad, burns after being set on fire by rebel fighters inside the grounds of the General Company of the Euphrates Dam in Al-Raqqa, Syria, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Syrian rebels captured the country's largest dam on Monday after days of intense clashes, giving them control over water and electricity supplies for much of the country in a major blow to President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)
In this image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a statue of Hafez Assad, father of Syrian President Bashar Assad, burns after being set on fire by rebel fighters inside the grounds of the General Company of the Euphrates Dam in Al-Raqqa, Syria, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Syrian rebels captured the country's largest dam on Monday after days of intense clashes, giving them control over water and electricity supplies for much of the country in a major blow to President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)
FILE ? In this Jan. 24, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama reaches out to shake hands after giving his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Obama will center his upcoming Feb. 12, 2013, State of the Union address on boosting job creation and economic growth, underscoring the degree to which the shaky economy threatens his ability to pursue other second-term priorities, including immigration reform and climate change. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
A handler shows a standard poodle in the ring during the 137th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:
1. BENEDICT'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA LARGELY UNFULFILLED
In many ways, the pope's nearly eight-year tenure fell far short, says AP Religion Writer Rachel Zoll.
2. WHERE THE NEXT POPE MIGHT COME FROM
Many in the church believe Latin America ? with some 40 percent of the world's Catholics ? deserves one of its own at the helm.
3. MONEY STILL A KEY WORRY
Most voters want Obama to talk about the economy during Tuesday's State of the Union address, a poll shows.
4. FOR US, THE BEGINNING OF THE END IN AFGHANISTAN
The American withdrawal from Afghanistan gets under way in earnest, with a convoy of shipping containers leaving the country.
5. SYRIA'S REBELS SOLIDIFY THEIR POSITION
By capturing the nation's largest dam, the opposition now controls much of the water flow in the country's north and east.
6. 'OUTNUMBERED, OUTGUNNED AND ALMOST OVERRUN'
Obama bestows the nation's highest award for military valor on former Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, who helped successfully defend an Army outpost against hundreds of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
7. HOW THE COST OF A HIP REPLACEMENT VARIES
Depending on the hospital, the surgery can run anywhere from $11,000 to nearly $126,000, researchers find.
8. PENTAGON CONSIDERS DIALING BACK ON DRONES
Any cuts in the program, though, wouldn't affect strikes against terror suspects.
9. WHY YOUR WHISKEY IS GETTING WEAKER
Maker's Mark is watering down its bourbon ? a way, it says, to keep up with increasing demand.
10. WHAT WESTMINSTER WON'T TOLERATE: PERFORMANCE-ENHANCED DOGS
That means no cosmetic surgery and no steroids. "It goes against the spirit of showing dogs," club President Sean McCarthy says.
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